Raphael Saadiq (born May 14, 1966) is an American recorder, songwriter, musician, and record producer. Saadiq has become the standard bearer for "old school" R & amp; B since the early days of his life as a member of Tony's multiplatinum group! Toni! TonÃÆ'Â ©! He also produces songs for artists such as Joss Stone, D'Angelo, TLC, En Vogue, Kelis, Mary J. Blige, Ledisi, Whitney Houston, Solange Knowles and John Legend.
He and D'Angelo are occasional members of the Ummah, a musical production group, consisting of members of Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest, and J Dilla of the Detroit-based group Slum Village. He is also one of the founders of independent video developer IllFonic, who developed Friday the 13th: The Game.
The album I acknowledged critically by Saadiq, The Way I See It , was released on September 16, 2008, featuring artists Stevie Wonder, Joss Stone, and Jay-Z, received three Grammy Award nominations and was voted Best Album on iTunes 2008. Her fourth studio album, Stone Rollin ', was released on March 25, 2011. For the album, Saadiq worked with steel guitarist Robert Randolph; Former Earth, Wind & amp; Larry Dunn's fire keyboard; Swedish-Japanese indie singer Yukimi Nagano (from Little Dragon fame); funk artist Larry Graham (on the bonus cut "Perfect Storm") and newcomer Taura soul 'Aura Jackson' Stinson.
Music critic, Robert Christgau, calls Saadiq as "a leading R & amp; B artist in the '90s."
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Saadiq was born in Oakland, California, the second youngest of 14 brothers and half-siblings. Life was initially characterized by tragedy; he experienced the death of several siblings as a child. When Saadiq was seven years old, his brother was killed. One of her brothers overdosed heroin and the other committed suicide because she could not overcome her addiction to drugs. Her sister died from a car accident during a police pursuit in a residential neighborhood. Saadiq stated that he did not want his music to reflect his tragedy, saying that "And through it all I'm a 'note, but it does not appear in music I do it to rather show people you can have some very difficult things happen in your life, but you do not have to wear it on your sleeve. "
He has been playing bass guitar since the age of six, and first started singing at the age of nine in a local gospel group. At the age of 12, he joined the group called "The Humminbirds of the Gospel". In 1984, shortly before his 18th birthday, Saadiq heard about a trial in San Francisco for the band supporting Sheila E. at the Prince's Parade Tour. At the audition, he chose the name "Raphael", and had difficulty remembering to respond to the name when he heard that he got a part to play bass in the band. He said about the experience, "The next thing I was in Tokyo, at the stadium, singing 'Erotic City.We were in big spots with the biggest sound system in the world, all these roadies threw my bass, and a group of Hangin models' round Prince to party for almost two years, that's my university. "
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Careers
1987-1999: Tony! Toni! TonÃÆ'Â ©! and Ummah
Upon returning to Oakland from a tour with Prince, Saadiq started his professional career as lead vocalist and bassist in rhythm and blues and dance trio Tony! Toni! TonÃÆ'Â ©! He used the name Raphael Wiggins while at Tony! Toni! TonÃÆ'Â ©, along with his brother Dwayne Wiggins, and his cousin, Timothy Christian. In the mid-1990s, he adopted Saadiq's last name, which means "man of his word" in Arabic. The change in the name of his family led many to speculate that he had converted to Islam at the time; In fact, Saadiq is not a Muslim but merely likes the way Saadiq sounded and changed his last name just to distinguish himself from and avoid potential confusion with his brother, Dwayne Wiggins. As he confirmed by notifying the author of R & amp; B famous, Pete Lewis, award winner of 'Blues & amp; Soul 'in May 2009, "I just want to have my own identity!"
In 1995, Saadiq had his biggest solo hit to date, when "Ask of You", featured on Soundtrack Higher Learning peaked at # 19 on Billboard Hot 100 and # 2 on the R & amp chart B. In 1995, Saadiq produces and performs on Otis & amp; Shug debut album, We Can Do Anything .
Tony! Toni! TonÃÆ'Â ©! will be a R & amp; B throughout the late 1980s and 1990s. However, after the 1996 album titled House of Music failed to duplicate the success of the previous group, Tony! Toni! TonÃÆ'Â ©! split in 1997.
1999-2004: Lucy Pearl and first solo album
In 1999, Saadiq's next major project became R & amp; B supergroup Lucy Pearl. He recorded a self-titled album with Dawn Robinson (En Vogue) and Ali Shaheed Muhammad (A Tribe Called Quest). Group only lasts for one album.
Also in 1999, he collaborated with the rapper Q-Tip on the single "Get Involved", from the animated television series The PJs . It sampled The Intruders' 1973 song "I'll Always Love My Mama" and charted at number 21 in the US Hot R & amp; B/Hip-Hop Singles & amp; Tracks.
His song collaboration 2000 song "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" won D'Angelo as Grammy Award for Best Male R & amp; B Vocal Performance; it was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R & amp; B Song. The song was ranked # 4 on the Rolling Stone 'End of Year Critics & Readers Poll' of the top 2000 singles. D'Angelo's album Voodoo won the Grammy Award for Album R & amp; B Best Grammy Awards in 2001.
In 2002, Saadiq founded his own record label, Pookie Entertainment. Among the artists on the label are Joi and Truth Hurts. In 2002, she released her first solo album Instant Vintage , which earned her five Grammy Award nominations. He released a two-disc live album All Hit in the House of Blues in 2003, and Ray Ray's second studio album in 2004, both on Pookie Entertainment.
2004-2010: Expanded output and second album string
In 2004, Saadiq produced a remix of the song "Crooked Nigga Too" by Tupac Shakur which was featured on the album Loyal to the Game. Other artists he has collaborated with are Whitney Houston, Mary J. Blige, The Isley Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest, Teedra Moses, The Roots, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Macy Gray, Angie Stone, Snoop Dogg, Mac Dre , Devil the Dude, DJ Quik, Kelis, Q-Tip, Lil 'Skeeter, Ludacris, The Bee Gees, Musiq Soulchild, Jaguar Wright, Chantà © Moore, Lionel Richie, Marcus Miller, Noel Gourdin, Popok Roots, Calvin Richardson, T-Boz from TLC, Jody Watley, Floetry, Leela James, Amp Fiddler, John Legend, Joss Stone, Bellz Young, Anthony Hamilton, Babyface, Ledisi, Goapele, Ghostface Killah, - Ginuwine, The Grouch Stevie Wonder, Earth, Wind & amp; Fire, Bilal, Chali 2na, Larry Graham, Luniz as well as many others. In 2007, Saadiq produced Introducing Joss Stone , the third album of British soul singer Joss Stone. According to J. Gabriel Boylan of The New York Observer, he produced artists including Macy Gray, Roots, D'Angelo, John Legend, Whitney Houston, Mary J. Blige, and more. they are he pushing classical aesthetics, heavy on organic sound and light on studio magic, deeply indebted to the past and do not believe in the easy formula. â € <â € <
Saadiq's third solo album, The Way I See It , was released on Columbia Records on September 16, 2008, is available in a 7-rector collector's set of 7 "45 rpm single as well as on traditional CDs, very critically well received, some of the best album list 2008 critics, and collected three Grammy nominations including Best R & amp Performance by Duo Or Group With Vocals (for "Never Give You Up", featuring Stevie Wonder & CJ Hilton); Best Traditional Performance R & Vocal B (for "Love That Girl") and Best R & D B Albums for The Way I See It The music of The Way I See It is featured in the following movies: Madea Goes To Jail , Bride Wars , Cadillac Records , Secret Life of Bees , In Fighting (Rogue) , and It's Complicated .
Tour with nine bands, Saadiq hit the circuit of the 2009 summer music festival with performances at Bonnaroo, Hollywood Bowl, Overseas, Jazz Pori, Stockholm Jazz Festival, North Sea Jazz, Essence Music Festival, Summer Spirit Festival and Nice Jazz Festival, Bumbershoot Music Festival and Austin City Limits. Saadiq has toured Europe extensively, and held a five-night residency at the House of Blues in Tokyo, Japan, in June 2009. In 2008, Saadiq formed a new label called Velma Records, a place where he promised "people can express themselves themselves." like I did with The Way I See It ... where they can dream something and just walk away. "
She produced a song for LeToya Luckett's upcoming album Lady Love , released August 2009. In 2009, Saadiq produced "Please Stay" and "Love Never Changes" for Ledisi release in August 2009 "Turn Me Loose ". Saadiq is also an executive producer for a new group called Tha Boogie. The first episode of Tha Boogie was released on iTunes and titled Love Tha Boogie, Vol. 1 (Steal It Sh * t) .
In 2009, Saadiq announced its video game development company called IllFonic. The first video game in development by IllFonic titled Ghetto Golf , with the expected release in late 2010. In 2009, Saadiq teamed up with Bentley Kyle Evans, Jeff Franklin, Martin Lawrence and Trenten Gumbs to create sitcoms newly named Love That Girl! starring Tatyana Ali. Raphael is an executive producer and composer for Love That Girl! . The show airs on TV One and debuted on January 19, 2010. That same year, Saadiq featured The Spinners on "It's A Shame" in Levi's legendary ad and sung as part of the choir in the 2010 We Are the World remake for Haiti.
2011-present: Stone Rollin'
In 2011, Saadiq was the band's guitarist/leader for the group that supported Mick Jagger for Jagger's homage performance from the classic Burke R & amp; B classic, "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" at the 53rd Grammy Awards in Los Angeles and on CBS. The band that accompanied the show was a tour of a band called Saadiq called Stone Rollin. In 2011 he and his band performed as ESPY's band house for the night, where it featured his latest compositions.
Saadiq 2011 album Stone Rollin ' was released for critical acclaim. "He always has a childish enthusiasm to perform, and a flexible, naturally happy voice that shows young Stevie Wonder," writes Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune, "but with his latest album, Saadiq found equipment The album and the current tour show that there is a big difference between retro and classical, and the artist consistently finds himself on the right side of the split. "Kot ranked number seven on the year-end list, where he nicknamed it the" best achievement " Saadiq and stated, "He always writes songs immersed in soul and R & B, but now he gives them a progressive edge with bass roaming lines and a haunted keyboard texture.He is no longer a retro stylist - he's writing new classics. "Critics Jim Derogatis called it" a cold stone from a party disk. "
In the fall of 2011, he appeared on the fourth show of Dancing with the Stars 13 season. In December 2011, he compiled the cover of several Neil Diamond songs at the Kennedy Center Honors awards ceremony.
In 2012 he signed an agreement with Toyota to do TV commercials for the Toyota Prius. In 2013 Raphael partnered with Bay Area/Atlanta Production company EL Seven Entertainment/Republic Records and R & B Superstar Adrian Marcel new and released his first mixtape album "Raphael Saadiq Presents Adrian Marcel 7 Days of Weak".
Saadiq is the flagship bass guitarist on Elton John's 2013 album, The Diving Board .
In 2016 he executive produced the Solange Knowles album, A Seat At The Table which debuted at # 1 on the charts in the United States. She is also a guest star on Luke Cage , where she performs her songs "Good Man" and "Angel" at Harlem's Paradise.
In 2017 he appeared in the award-winning American Theaters Sictions film, directed by Bernard MacMahon, where he recorded the Memphis Jug Band song of 1928 "Stealin 'Stealin'" live on the first electric sound restored. recording system from the 1920s. From the recording on the system he said, "It's amazing just to see how it's built, you know just look at the machine itself.This just has a magical sound like the way it was built.That's right.This is just the most true voice you ever get."
In 2017, Saadiq collaborated with Mary J. Blige as a songwriter for the movie Mudbound (2017), where they both received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song.
Discography
- Studio album
- Instant Vintage (2002)
- Ray Ray (2004)
- The Way I See It (2008)
- Stone Rollin ' (2011)
- Collaborative albums
- Lucy Pearl (with Lucy Pearl) (2000)
Awards
- Academy Award
- BET Awards
- Grammy Award
- Soul Train Music Awards
See also
- IllFonic, an independent video game developer where Saadiq is one of the founders.
References
External links
- Official website
- Raphael Saadiq on IMDb
- Stone Roll Sessions with Raphael Saadiq, Chuck Brungardt co-producer, Taura Stinson & amp; Ron Fonksa Bacon in Soul Jones (July 2011)
- Raphael Saadiq's interview at SoulRnB.com (June 2011)
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